/**
 * Copyright 2014 Nirmata, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package cn.wapache.timed.serialization;

public interface Serializer
{
    /**
     * Serialize the given object into bytes
     *
     * @param obj the object
     * @return byte representation
     */
    <T> byte[] serialize(T obj) throws SerializeException;

    /**
     * Deserialize the given bytes into an object
     *
     * @param data bytes
     * @param clazz type of object
     * @return object
     */
    <T> T deserialize(byte[] data) throws SerializeException;
}
